If I put a penny in a jar every time I told my students to add more details to their writing, I would be a millionaire in no time!

However, if we put ourselves into our students’ shoes, adding more details is such a vague and abstract direction. What is a detail? How can I add more details?

Teaching Compare and Contrast is challenging because this reading comprehension skill requires higher-order thinking from students, and finding good mentor texts is not easy for teachers.